The Womenâ€™s Energy Network (WEN) of Houston announced today that Judith Slater, HM Consul-General, Houston, will be the featured speaker for the March downtown lunch Wednesday, March 21, 11:30 a.m. at The Petroleum Club, 800 Bell, between Milam and Travis, 43rd floor. She will discuss â€œThe Economics of Climate Change.â€�

Consul-General Slater joined the British Consulate-General in Houston in August 2004. Previously, she served as head of personnel policy, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), 1st secretary (press) at the British High Commission in New Delhi and private secretary to the Minister of State with responsibility for relations with Asia, the Middle East and the FCO administration. Other positions included the head of the Nuclear Policy Section, Non-Proliferation Department, FCO and an attachment to the UK Mission to United Nations.

Consul-General Slater received her bachelorâ€™s degree in law with honors from St Johnâ€™s College, Cambridge.

To register for the lunch or for information about becoming a member of Womenâ€™s Energy Network, visit www.wenhouston.org. Tickets ($30 for members and $40 for non-members) may be purchased online, or by downloading and mailing a reply form. Tickets purchased after the reservation deadline, March 14, are $40 for members and $45 for non-members.

NOTE: Consul-General Slater was originally scheduled to speak at the WEN Jan. 17 lunch event which was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Founded in 1994, WEN provides networking, educational and community outreach opportunities to women working in the energy industry.